That is a really good one! I didn't look at the hint, and I didn' take the title into account. Without those clues, the "tower" arrangement and the dots and spacing just had me lost, cause it seemed that it must have something to do with lies being between fear, or I thought it wouldn't be between them.

I don't know, I like the suggestion above for one line, but is really an excellent teaser, an excellent concept, thanks!

I'm with Barticus - there was not really a need for using 3 lines, nor for the spacing.
You could even have had it laid out:
FEAR LIES LIES
However, I guess your arrangement threw most of us off, so it was a good idea, after all!

The more common phrase is "paralyseD with fear". The "just ignore the dots" part didn't come through in the emailed Teaser of the Day. If you're supposed to ignore the dots, why include them in the first place?!?